#DED221#DED221

#DED221 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.174 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED221
RGB	rgb(222, 210, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 85%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 85.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.77, -13.04, 78.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.77, 79.54, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% -0.0455 0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.174 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.4478, 61.7348, 10.5392)
Luminance	0.6173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED221 #212DDE

analogous

#DE7321 #DED221 #8CDE21

triadic

#DED221 #21DED2 #D221DE

tetradic

#DED221 #21DE73 #212DDE #DE218C

square

#DED221 #21DE73 #212DDE #DE218C

split-complementary

#DED221 #218CDE #7321DE

monochromatic

#736D11 #A9A019 #DED221 #E6DD56 #EEE88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DED221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#DED221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED221

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED221	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 210, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.174 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddf71',
    500: '#ded221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded221;
$custom-light: #eddf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84703,
    "c": 0.17367,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED221

secondary

#272D7C

accent

#43F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF1

border

#D7D5CB

text

#171509

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED221

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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